Plastic Pollution - "Entangled in Plastic" with Karen Wirsig, Janurary 27, 2026

Описание: This video is the recording of the Environment Café 613 program on Jan 27, 2026 titled "Entangled in Plastic: How to Break Up With One of Our Most Pervasive Pollutants" with Karen Wirsig, Senior Program Manager for Plastics at Environmental Defence. Karen will provide scientific updates about plastic pollution, its impact on humanity and the environment, and what we can do about it.

Karen has worked as a journalist and as a labour and community organizer. She has participated in her downtown Toronto housing co-operative for more than 20 years. An active transportation enthusiast who favours walking, cycling, and public transit, Karen has never owned a car. She is a voracious reader and has spent her adult life trying to unlearn the common belief that humans should strive for domination over each other, over other
animals, and over nature itself. She’s passionate about helping to get plastics out of the environment.

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